Answer:
greater than economic profit because the former does not take implicit costs into account.
Explanation:
Accounting profit= total revenue - explicit cost
Total revenue =price x quantity sold
Explicit cost includes the amount expended in running the business. They include rent , salary and cost of raw materials
an example
revenue = 100
explicit cost = 50
implict cost = 20
accounting profit = 100 - 50 = 50
economic profit = 50 - 20 = 30
economic profit is less than accounting profit
Economic profit = accounting profit - implicit cost
Implicit cost is the cost of the next best option forgone when one alternative is chosen over other alternatives
